and scale-up initiatives and institutions that are already well-established. The partner programs listed below are locally entrenched and independently sustainable. For 2010, the local partners and programs are: • Rwanda, Malawi, Haiti: Partners in Health working with Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. • Mexico: the National Commission of Social Protection for Health, the Ministries of Health of the States of Morelos, Jalisco and Nuevo León, the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, the National Cancer Institute of Mexico, the Mexican Health Foundation, and the program Cáncer de mama: Tómatelo a pecho. • Jordan: King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center, and the Jordan Breast Cancer Program References Further reading Cancer control opportunities in low- and middle-income countries. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, National Academies Press; 2007. The Lancet. Moving cancer up the global health agenda. Volume 375, Issue 9731, Page 2051, 12 June 2010. Farmer P, Frenk J, Knaul FM, Shulman LN, Alleyne G, Armstrong L, Atun R, Blayney D, Chen L, Feachem R, Gospodarowicz M, Gralow J, Gupta S, Langer A, Lob-Levyt J, Neal C, Mbewu A, Mired D, Piot P, Reddy KS, Sachs JD, Sarhan M, Seffrin JR. Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action. Lancet. 2010 August 13. Knaul, Felicia Marie, Frenk, Julio and Shulman, Lawrence for the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries. Closing the Cancer Divide: A Blueprint to Expand Access in Low and Middle Income Countries. Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Boston, MA, October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216211242/http://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/uploads/pdf/ccd_report_111027.pdf External links Harvard Global Equity Initiative Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard School of Public Health Partners In Health Harvard Medical School King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Center Jordan Breast Cancer Program Tómatelo a Pecho Brigham and Women's Hospital Official Website of the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries Cancer organizations based in the United States Partners in Health Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health International medical and health organizations Medical and health organizations based in Massachusetts